2018-19

Award Verification

The 2018-19 SETTW Verification Rosters and Certification forms listing the students were mailed to colleges on June 7, 2018. The verification roster is used to verify enrollment and program eligibility for each qualified applicant selected to receive a tuition waiver who indicated on the application that they would attend your school during the 2018-19 academic year. Completed forms are due back to ISAC on or before August 31, 2018.

Refer to the Tuition Waiver Process in the SETTW section for a sample roster, instructions for certifying eligibility for the tuition waiver and an example of the cover letter. Information about teaching requirements is also available within this SETTW section.

Award Determination

Award Notifications and Rights and Responsibilities forms for the Illinois Special Education Teachers Tuition Waiver (SETTW) program were sent to 250 eligible applicants on June 7, 2018 for the 2018-19 academic year. Letters were sent to all other qualified applicants who were not selected.

Refer to Determining Awards for SETTW within this section of the Gift Assistance area for more information about the award process and links to a sample of the Award Notifications and the Rights & Responsibilities form. The SETTW program is a tuition waiver for attendance at public universities in Illinois. Awards are not subject to annual appropriations by the Illinois General Assembly and the Governor.

Application

ISAC is no longer accepting applications for the 2018-19 Illinois SETTW Program. The priority application consideration date for the 2018-19 academic year was March 1, 2018. Complete applications postmarked after that date are considered for the Illinois SETTW Program only if available waivers remain after all timely complete applicants have been awarded.

2017-18

Enrollment Status Verification

Each year, colleges are required to verify the enrollment statuses for recipients in the program*s with teaching requirements and practice agreements. Verification of enrollment status is required for all recipients who, according to our records, previously received funds from the following ISAC-administered teacher education programs and may have been enrolled at your institution during the 2017-18 academic year.

Beginning September 7, 2018, TESP Enrollment Status Verification must be completed online via the My Zone portal and submitted to ISAC on or before November 5, 2018. Data should be reported based on each student's last date of enrollment in the required teaching program, regardless of whether that date falls within the 2017-18 academic year or the current 2018-19 academic year. If a student remains enrolled in the required teaching program for 2017-18, indicate such with the “In School” status; those students will continue to appear on future online rosters. Colleges must also complete the 2017-18 Tuition Waiver Conversion Form (TWCF) for each SETTW recipients listed on the SETTW Enrollment Status Verification online roster.

Only enrollment status verification rosters and the SETTW TWCF for 2017-18 recipients are available at My Zone (i.e., 2016-17 rosters have been removed). Enrollment status verification data is available to be updated only if the roster has not yet been submitted to ISAC. If enrollment status verification or TWCF data that has already been submitted (for the current or previous academic years) needs to be changed, contact the School Services Department.